digitalXEROweb development and design2014-08-15T03:18:21Zhttps://www.digitalxero.com/feed/atom/WordPressRichardhttps://www.digitalxero.com/?p=1802014-08-15T03:16:57Z2014-08-15T02:39:06ZTwo years ago, I posted about the Defense Grid 2 KickStarter campaign. While the campaign did not raise enough to fund the full sequel, they did eventually procure the funds to finish the game. It’s coming soon on Steam!

]]>Richardhttp://www.digitalxero.com/?p=1732014-08-15T03:18:21Z2012-07-28T15:12:23ZAs I posted over on Square Extreme, Defense Grid 2 is being funded on Kickstarter. The way they’ve labeled the funding is misleading; they show that their minimum funding level is $250,000, and that this is for Defense Grid 2, but $250,000 actually only gets us a new DLC for the original Defense Grid (and a $15 pledge will net you the current base game on Steam along with the new DLC when it releases). However, if they get to $1 million, not only do we get the the DLC, we get the first game redone to work with Steam Play on Windows, Mac, and Linux, plus Defense Grid 2. As of now, they’re 65% of the way to their minimum goal with 17 days left. I really hope they make it to the minumum; Defense Grid is an amazing game.

If you’d like to try the original, a $15 donation on this Kickstarter campaign will net it for you once funding is closed, or you can pick it up on Steam.

]]>Richardhttp://www.digitalxero.com/?p=1362012-01-07T22:19:11Z2012-01-07T22:03:57ZI forget these steps frequently, so I thought I’d post them. These come from Github’s new repository page. For the purposes of this, [repo] is the repository name and [user] is your github username.

Next steps:

mkdir [repo]

cd [repo]

git init

touch README

git add README

git commit -m ‘first commit’

git remote add origin git@github.com:[user]/[repo].git

git push -u origin master

Existing Git Repo?

cd existing_git_repo

git remote add origin git@github.com:[user]/[repo].git

git push -u origin master

]]>Richardhttp://www.digitalxero.com/?p=1052014-08-15T03:11:52Z2012-01-07T18:10:22ZA few months back, my friend Pyotr asked me if I prefered AMD or Intel, and I put up a pointless blog post about it. Anyway, I’ve recently upgraded my home system, and have built a few new machines at work using both Intel and AMD, and want to say that I do honestly prefer AMD systems. Read on to see the new components.

ASRock 870 Extreme

AMD FX 4100

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB DDR3 1600

Crucial 64GB SSD

I really like this machine. It beats my old Phenom Triple Core out of the water. The only problem I had was a stupid one and I should have known better. If you order the motherboard listed, go to the ASRock website and look at the CPU list! These motherboards ship with BIOS revision 1.3, and some chips were not supported by 1.3 (The FX I bought is one). So I had to go buy another CPU just to flash the BIOS. To make matters, worse, I was going to buy a Phenom II X4 955 Black, which was the same price, supported, but out of stock. At least a friend has already bought the extra CPU at a little under what I paid.

The other thing that jumps out at me is how quickly a 64GB OS drive can fill up with Windows 7. I think roughly 20GB+ has gone to Windows alone. When you consider that you cannot move a good bit of Visual Studio off your C drive, it drops even more quickly.

]]>2Richardhttp://www.digitalxero.com/?p=432012-01-07T18:11:22Z2011-12-17T03:25:24ZI’ve censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet–a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: http://americancensorship.org/posts/22993/uncensor

I’m â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ the â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ got â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ, but the â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ is on the â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ to try to get â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ is not â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ.

Click the image to see an infographic explaining how SOPA will hurt the internet, and to see how you can contact US officials to help prevent this law from being introduced.

]]>Richardhttp://www.digitalxero.com/?p=392011-12-17T18:49:58Z2011-10-06T06:29:31ZSo I’m very excited to see that I can now use all the features of github on bitbucket (mostly), including git, for free! It’s true! I’m switching everything to bitbucket already.

]]>Richardhttp://www.digitalxero.com/?p=352012-01-07T18:18:23Z2011-08-14T18:08:15ZAs a computer person, I get asked regulardly for my opinion on Intel versus AMD for gaming. I really don’t keep up with these things, so I took a random poll from a sampling of people living in my house (other than me). Here are my results.

Intel: 0
AMD: 1
Meow: 2

There you have it, Meow is the best processor to use for gaming, followed by AMD.

]]>Richardhttp://www.digitalxero.com/?p=262012-07-28T14:43:00Z2010-07-29T17:19:04ZJeff Forman put up a blog post on his website detailing how he got the Comcast IPV6 working through the trial. His setup explains exactly how to do this if you’re trying to get it to work on a Linux box, but not how to do this on your router and put it through your entire network. I’m running the custom DD-WRT build by crushedhat that gets IPV6 working, and have been using it with a HurricaneElectric tunnel for awhile. With the help of my friend whfsdude on Mozor I’ve been able to make this work. I can’t guarantee that it will work for you, and whenever you’re trying to install custom firmware on a router, you should be careful, as you can brick your router.

First off, you may want to read through Jeff’s post. You’re going to need your WANIP as he calls it, and you’ll need it converted into HEX.

To start with, in DD-WRT, you need to enable IPV6 and RADVD in Management. In the config section, put something like this:

Then, in the Commands tab, you need to run the following for startup:

Additionally, due to the security vulnerability found in DD-WRT (patched already, but not in crushedhat’s build), you should run the following firewall script:

That’s it. It was easy for me because I just swapped my he settings for the comcast ones that Jeff (and whfsdude) provided. It may not work for you, but good luck!

]]>1Richardhttp://www.digitalxero.com/?p=242011-12-17T18:41:36Z2009-10-14T12:49:56ZI just saw on the Google Voice blog that existing Google Voice subscribers now are getting three invites to give out to friends. I logged into my account this morning, no invites yet for me. But let the eBay sale of numbers begin again!
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